Friday, April 3, 2020

Thursday Night Action, 4/2/2020

On Thursday, I drew this game in the Marshall Chess Club on-line tournament.

Sicilian Defense, Taimanov Variation

JimWest (Chess.com 1859) - EthanKozowerjk (Chess.com 1612), Chess.com 4/2/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bc4 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.Bb3 Rc8 14.Nd5 Nd4 15.Nbc3 Nxb3 16.axb3 g6


17.Qf3 Bg7 18.Rfd1 f5 19.Qe2 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Bf5 21.Qe2 Qg5 22.f4 exf4 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Nxc8 Bg4 25.Qd3 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 f3 27.Rd2 Rxc8 28.Ne4 Qe5 29.Qxf3 Rf8


30.Qxd3 Qxb2 31.Nxd6 Qc1+ 32.Rd1 Qb2 33.Nc4, draw.